Fred Davis is a partner based in the firm’s Little Rock office, where he works with the commercial trial practice and corporate groups.
His litigation practice focuses on significant disputes, including technology, consumer protection, data management, and brand technology and brand issues. Fred also serves as strategic counsel to emerging companies on corporate matters. He tackles legal priorities and challenges with deep client knowledge and value-driven investments in firm experts.
As both a member of firm litigation teams and lead counsel, Fred has resolved over 40 disputes pretrial through early dismissal or settlement and tried multiple cases to verdict, including a favorable jury verdict in a patent infringement dispute in Minneapolis. He has written over 20 appellate briefs in the Eighth Circuit, Federal Circuit, Arkansas Supreme Court, and Arkansas Court of Appeals. Fred has also advised clients on internal investigations; founder agreements; entity formation; intellectual property protection; debt and equity financing; corporate governance initiatives; technology transactions; mergers and acquisitions; data breach response; and equity compensation.
Fred is barred in Arkansas and Texas, and his practice extends across the country. A Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US), Fred has years of data privacy and security experience, with an emphasis on cybersecurity. Prior to joining the firm, he served as law clerk to the United State Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Arkansas and in-house counsel to a regional health insurer through its acquisition by one of the nation’s largest healthcare systems and implementation of health care reform.
Fred is proud of his pro bono and volunteer work. He has advocated for minors and disabled persons in need of guardianship, abandoned immigrant children, persons in need of guardianship, and individuals facing religious persecution.
Fred volunteers as a director of ACCESS Group, Inc., a non-profit delivering exceptional services to intellectually and developmentally disabled persons across Arkansas. He is a long-time supporter of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra; the Oxford American literary magazine; and Little Rock Central High School. He serves as ambassador for his graduating class at Davidson College.